Waiting for the post to deliver the ordered books, the time seems to creep. Last night I decided to have a go at the CHB lathe I got via e-bay awhile ago. Finger licking?? to the extend that when I left my workroom last night the thing at once was finished..... No more parts.... and painted. I must have been so absorbed by the detailing and old memories. I agree with Chuck Doan ?s remark ?Thank you Mr. Brommer?
I learned to turn parts on a lathe like this, only converted with an electric motor and the gears within a meshed cage.
The parts were first cleaned from the little amount of flash there was and washed with white spirit ( naphta?) .
The kit was put together as per instructions and painted with a mix of Revell green no 39 with 10% white and naphta as thinner. Than the parts, which have to remain bare metal, were cleaned with a old small paint brush stump and some nail polish remover ( aceton) and polished bright with a polishing paper. Than I had coffee and did something urgently and far more important ( according to my wife) . Having done that, I continued with the lathe and gave all bare parts a wash of prusian blue-black and faded this towards corners etc. and applied some brown powder in nooks and crannies and around the doors and hinges.
Than I stopped, took some photo's and assessed the results with a beer. Some corrections and an application of real grease with some brown-black powder and I have to put it away or I?ll kill it by overdoing things.
